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The Appeals were classified as follows:
Buildings too near Street and Lot Lines 15
Lot with less than required Frontage 1
Conversion of Store Area to apartment
1 Storage of motor vehicles 1 Building for community use 1
Change in use of building in an Industrial Area 1
Non-conforming business building in Residential Area 2
Occupation of trailer home for six months 1
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An attempt was made to give serious consideration to all phases of each Appeal. Best interests of the Town, rights of abutters and consideration for the welfare of the petitioners, were all factors in the several decisions.
William E. Wright, Chairman Everett A. Scott John J. Barretto BOARD OF APPEALS
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NAME
OCCUPATION
Fourth St
Draftsman
Benson Carl 0
Main St
Sheet Metal Worker
Bettencourt Ralph A
Lowell Rd
Aircraft Machinist
Black Francis
Nutting Rd
Maintenance Man
Bobryk Alexander A
Prescott St
Leather Worker
Boisvert Ronald J
Concord Rd
Foreman
Brewer Ralph W
Plain Rd
Radar Technician
Britko Andrew
Broadway St
Assembler
Brule Raymond J
Story St
Sorter
Burne J. Clarence
Boston Rd
Unemployed
Burnham Chester A
Moore St
Sheet Metal Worker
Burton Alfred C
So. Chelmsford Rd
Carpenter
Carroll Stanley A
Lucille Ave
Laboratory Techncn
Chaplin Bryant R
Leland St
Public Relations
Colarusso Umberto P
Brookside Rd
Salesman
Crawford Thomas A
Hildreth St
Inspector
Dodge Ralph A
Pond Rd
Retired
Dumont J. Alfred
First St
Overseer
Dunn Gordon D
Depot Rd
Electrician
Dupuis Walter
Prescott St
Unemployed
Erickson Arthur
Lake Shore Drive No
Real Estate Salesman
Fitzpatrick Frederick J
Main St
Electrician
Gagnon Alfred J
West St
Retired
Gerace Jerome
Littleton Rd
Package Store
Gordon Saul J
Pine St
Hospital Attendant
Gower George D
Broadway St
Laborer
Greenslade Arthur T
Pershing St
Carpenter
Herget Burley N
Griffin Rd
Printer
Heroux Conrad J
Prescott St
Assembler
Hikel Nolan G
Prescott St
Retired
Hodgson Harry
Prescott St
Unemployed
Jelley Thomas J
Jelley Rd
Unemployed
Kelley Joseph P
Dunstable Rd
Electronics Work
Kelly
William J
Coolidge St
Retired
Kibby Harry K
Grove St
Retired
King James P
Third St
Junior Draftsman
Klemola Walter
Main St
Retired
Labbe Albert
Tyngsboro Rd
Retired
Labbe Noe
Main St
Retired
Lamb Harry B
Boston Rd
Conservation Techncn
Lamy Joseph
Pond St
Retired
Langley Fred E
North St
Millhand
River St
Fireman
North St
Electronic Techncn
Hawthorne Ave
Welder
McKniff John T
Orchard St
Expediter
McLeod James F
Nabnasset St
Retired
Melancon Paul
Bradford St
Sorter
Moulton David C
Beacon St
Inspector
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Lavigne Stanley J Loney John W Jr. MacDonald Wayne M
JURY LIST (For use in 1960) ADDRESS
Bellemore Gerald M
Paduano Salvatore
Groton Rd
Restaurateur
Palmer Richard K
Main St
Operator
Parlee
Harvey T
Picking Frederick H
Raddin Everett M
Lucille Ave
Retired
Sedach George
Pine St
Unemployed
Spinner Robert J
Boston Rd
Raytheon Worker
Stirk Edwin
Makepeace Rd
Retired
Sullivan Daniel J
Broadway St
Retired
Walsh James B
Prescott St
Fixer
Wright Claude H
Depot St
Truck Driver
John J. Kavanagh, Chairman
Horace F. Wyman Edward F. Harrington BOARD OF SELECTMEN
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Abbot St
Repairman
Tenney Rd
Retired
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Report to the Department of Correction has been made.
Arrests made
34
Assault and Battery
6
Abandoned Autos
14
Auto Violations .
38
Accidents
34
11 Transfers
96 72
11 Registration.
Licenses Revoked.
102
Cases in Superior Court.
Breaking and Entering in the Night Time
7 6
Cases in Ayer Court.
121
Complaints on Dead Animals Left on Top of Ground.
6
11 = Suspicious Persons
48
Dogs Killed by Automobiles
8
Duty at Public Gathering
146
Dances.
186
Driving Under the Influence of Liquor
16
Drunkenness
18
Driving Without a License
175
Family Disturbances
62
Fires Attended.
14
Funerals Attended ..
12
Idle and Disorderly
18
Investigations made
1106
Jurors
18
Men Taken to Jail.
18
Leaving Scene after Injury to Property
5
Larceny Complaints
78
Notices Posted.
38
Non Support.
6
Public Nuisances in Beer Places
52
Pedestrians Struck by Automobiles
3
Petty Complaints
1200
Stubborn Child.
4
Summonses and Notices Served.
604
Warrants Served. .
16
Electric Wires Down on Street
14
Malicious Injury to Property.
21
Patients Taken to Gardner State Hospital.
6
Lay Watching in different places.
42
Operating after License was Revoked.
9
Inspection of Camps when Roads are open.
$ 5,407.00
Cars Stopped for Speeding
800
Immoral Act.
4
Trips to Union National Bank in Lowell.
52
Fines in District Court. $ 1,885.00
Strike at Fletcher's Quarry
18 Weeks
47
In Lockup at Town Farm
18
Collected for Liquor Licenses
18
Camps and Houses Broken Into
Three Permanent Police Officers have been appointed to the Depart- ment since December 1, 1958. They are as follows: Joseph R. Connell, December 28, 1958; John F. Sullivan, Jr., March 1, 1959 and George T. Sullivan, September 14, 1959. The appointment of these Officers has increased the efficiency of the Department one hundred per cent. Any- one can now get an Officer any hour of the night on a moment's notice.
The increase in population and the number of new families who have purchased new homes in town, has increased the work of the Department a great deal. All kinds of cases have to be handled every day through- out the year.
Important arrests have been made for serious offenses. In two Cases the criminals were given twenty to twenty five years in State Prison. In two other Cases the defendants were given five years and a day on one Complaint and an indefinite term in Concord Prison on the other Complaint.
There has been a notable increase in Sex Complaints. We have in- vestigated a number of Complaints and made arrests in some cases. I
would like to take this opportunity to warn all parents in Town to know where their sons and daughters are and whom they are with at night. We have had a number of cases of teenagers coming in from neighboring cities and towns and bringing liquor with them.
Speeding through the Town has been cut down a great deal. We in- tend to continue to check and prosecute all drivers who are a menace on the highway.
We should have another man on days and a man in the office to take calls and make out reports. There is a lot of paper work in- volved as the work of the Department increases.
When the new Route 110 is completed the only point where people can get on and off the highway will be at Minot's Corner on Boston Road. That means a heavy increase in the traffic through the center of the Town.
John F. Sullivan CHIEF OF POLICE
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REPORT OF SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
The Westford School Building Committee was appointed by the Selectmen on December 18, 1958, to determine where and how to meet the need for additional school space. The Committee has met on an average of once a week since that date.
By mid-January the Committee had decided to recommend a new 12-room elementary school in the Nabnasset area as a first step in a long-term building program, with additional junior high space as the probable second step. The rest of January and all of February were taken up with: 1) the search and negotiations for the best available site, 2) interviews and school inspections leading to the hiring of an architect, 3) preparation, with the School Committee, of educa- tional specifications for the new school, 4) preparation of prelimin- ary cost estimates and 5) preparation of a report and recommendations for a Special Town Meeting held March 7, 1959. At this meeting funds were voted to buy the W. R. Taylor site of 20 acres on Plain Road and to pay for preliminary architectural plans and estimates. The Commit- tee's powers were broadened to include the normal powers of a Building Committee.
On March 25th the site received State approval and the Lowell architectural firm of Perley F. Gilbert Associates was retained to prepare plans. By June 23rd preliminary plans had been prepared and State approval had been obtained. On that date the Town voted $395,000.00 to construct and equip the school and to pay for all an- ticipated expenses .
Working drawings and specifications had been completed and ap- proved by the State by September 14th and the bids of general con- tractors were opened on September 29th. Because the low bid was high- er than the architects had estimated, it was necessary to ask the Town for additional funds and on October 14th the Town voted an additional $40,000.00 for the project. On October 21st the Committee awarded the general contract in the amount of $364,761.00 to the low bidder, W. W. Granger Construction Company of Shrewsbury, Mass. On October 25th Mr. John W. McMahon was hired as clerk of the works and on October 26th work was begun on the site. Construction has been proceeding since that date and the Committee has been assured, by architect and con- tractor, that, barring unforeseen events, the school will be available for use by September 1960.
It would have been impossible for the Committee to have accom- plished so much in the first 10 months of 1959 without outstanding co- operation from the Town and their elected and appointed officials. We should particularly like to thank the Selectmen, the School Committee, the Superintendent of Schools, Town Counsel and the Finance Committee for their confidence, support and advice.
The Committee recognizes that individuals and groups may wish to make donations toward additional equipment for the school. We would like to point out that the value to the Town of any such gifts may be greatly increased if made to the Town and appropriated for expenditure by the Building Committee. Amounts received and expended in this way
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will result in additional State reimbursement to the Town.
A financial summary of appropriations and expenditures through December 31, 1959 is listed below.
Respectfully submitted, Richard S. Emmet, Jr., Chairman Allan F. Ryan, Secretary Anthony Denisevich John F. Gagnon Joseph B. Taylor SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
FINANCIAL STATEMENT THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1959
APPROPRIATIONS:
November 1958 - Preliminary Planning
$ 3,500.00
Committee Expenses
500.00
March 1959 - Architects Preliminary Plans
6,450.00
= - Land Purchase
18,000.00
June =
- Construction, Grounds Equipment, Architect (Balance)
395,000.00
October 11 - Additional for Construction etc.
40,000.00
$ 463,450.00
EXPENDITURES :
Payments to General Contractor
$ 25,848.00
= Architect
23,021.56
Clerk of Works - Salary
495.00
Survey of Site
280.00
Test Borings on Site
134.88
Legal Expenses of Land Purchase etc.
311.00
Land Purchase
18,000.00
Advertising, Printing, Mailing and Travel
321.49
$ 68,411.93
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REPORT OF BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Value of Buildings
January 1, 1959
$ 4,468,670.00 966,210.00 750,390.00
Total Valuation
$ 6,185,270.00
Appropriations - Annual Town Meeting - March 7, 1959 $ 796,795.30
Amounts taken from Available Funds
Cemetery Fund
104,532.30 2,000.00
transferred from Accounts
6,116.50
Debt and Interest Charges for New School
54,400.00
Water Department Loans
23,825.00
State Taxes including Underestimates of Previous Year
4,313.11
County
11 =
24,623.12
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health
4,775.31
1959 Overlay Fund
17,093.31
Gross Amount to be raised
1,012,084.12 351,866.34
Receipts including Overestimates of previous year
30,000.00
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds 470,765.14
541,318.98
Net Amount to be raised on Polls and Property Tax Rate - $ 87.00 per $ 1,000.00
Additional Real Estate Commitment
26.10
Street Betterment Commitment and Interest
912.27
Farm Animal Excise Commitment
518.35
Total Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Commitments Levy of 1958 $ 1,556.53
= 1959
$ 94,181.72
Polls
1,760
Horses
32
Cows
308
Neat Cattle
13
Swine
1,150
Sheep
8
Fowl
34,348
Chicks and Broilers
5,000
All other
100
Acres of Land
18,000
Dwellings
1,961
ABATEMENTS
POLL
PROPERTY
EXCISE
1956
$
$
$ 206.80
1957
-
978.35
1958
10.00
57.40
684.61
1959
$ 622.00
$ 16,849.73
$ 3,656.40
John J. O'Connell Norman K. Nesmith Carroll J. Rollins BOARD OF ASSESSORS
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=
Land
Personal Property -
=
Street Betterment Loans
1,382.50
Appropriation from Available Funds to reduce Tax Rate
$ 95,738.25
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
WARRANTS
OUTSTANDING
De c 6 1956
Motor Vehicle Excise
$ 92.54
$
-
1956
Excise Committed Jan 18 1957
104.10
-
11
11
Feb 15
8.16
-
11
=
11
11
16 11
2.00
-
Apr 10
1957
Farm Animal Excise
11.88
-
Jun
1
Real Estate
6,896.67
249.60
11
11
Personal Property
280.80
257.40
Sep 10
11
Poll
126.00
84.00
May 14
=
Motor Vehicle Excise
2.00
-
Jul 16
11
11
11
171.54
-
Sep 25
11
297.90
39.97
Oct 30
11
11
11
166.30
11.42
Nov 29
11
11
153.46
-
1957 Excise Committed
Jan
8 1958
541.39
8.42
=
25
11
66.25
-
11
11
Feb
12
11
97.60
-
11
11
Mar
7
11
42.18
-
11
11
1958
Farm Animal Excise
166.88
-
May 5
11
Real Estate
26,816.93
7,349.51
Dec 19
49.20
41.00
May
5
11
Personal Property
1,994.65
643.55
Jul 14
11
Poll
418.00
144.00
May 16
=
Motor Vehicle Excise
316.33
153.66
Jun 25
=
11
11
500.32
56.48
Jul 29
11
11
11
1,132.67
573.18
Sep
3
11
11
2,306.80 ยท
898.59
=
19
11
11
11
11
2,874.56
2,025.46
Oct 15
11
11
11
2,260.44
629.40
Nov 19
11
3,710.03
848.05
=
26
=
11
11
1,217.30
281.89
Dec 18
1958 Excise Committed Jan 20 1959
11
11
11
Feb 26
243.95
17.04
Mar 16
1959
Farm Animal Excise
518.35
130.13
May
7
Real Estate
472,835.05
26,352.71
Dec 18
11
11
26.10
26.10
May
7
11
Personal Property
65,283.93
1,266.72
"
11
Street Betterment
664.40
-
Aug 20
11
11
=
247.87
-
Nov
5
Poll
3,530.00
1,006.00
May 2
11
Motor Vehicle Excise
4,633.53
-
=
28
11
11
3,113.64
-
11
11
4,765.67
141.90
Jul 24
24,023.48
1,605.33
Aug
5
=
11
10,573.10
1,450.97
Sep
4
11
11
11
11
7,301.42
1,035.34
Oct
8
=
11
9,227.50
9,015.14
Nov 10
11,921.10
11,827.19
Dec 9
11
11
11
8,622.28
8,584.07
$ 685,586.20
$ 76,855.58
Walter Teresko - TAX COLLECTOR
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=
Mar
6
59.97
86.34
1,258.61
15.02
11
3,857.50
11
11
11
21
53.87
-
Mar 22
11
-
11
Jun 1
11
REPORT OF WESTFORD WATER DEPARTMENT
RECEIPTS
Water Rates Guarantee Deposits
$ 58,562.13 9,442.05
Additional Service and Miscellaneous
1,375.84
$ 69,380.02
Refunds
764.99
$ 68,615.03
EXPENDITURES
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION:
Wages and Salaries
$ 17,773.16
Truck
616.27
Office Supplies and Equipment
436.07
Repairs to Equipment
65.60
Pipe, Copper Tube & Misc., Supplies
9,755.04
Fuel, Light and Power
3,117.67
Use of Compressor
30.50
Telephone
189.01
Insurance
236.15
Repair to Water Mains and Reset Hydrant
207.50
Legal Services
168.20
Pipe Privilege
5.00
Dig, Backfill and Patch Road
233.50
Paint Standpipes
2,742.00
Repairs to Building
112.80
$ 35,688.47
EXTENSIONS COVERED BY GUARANTEE DEPOSITS:
Pipe and Misc., Supplies
$ 3,225.41
Labor and Digging
1,072.30 $ 4,297.71
PAYMENTS ON LOANS :
Large Water Loan
16,370.00
Elm Road Extension
3,313.50
Lake Shore Drive Extension
600.00
Main Street & Concord Road Extensions
$ 3,092.00
$ 63,361.68
BALANCE
$ 5,253.35
Hervey J. Cote, Chairman Alfred T. Wark, Secretary Chester H. Cook BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
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EXTENSIONS
BEAVER BROOK ROAD
Deposit
$
1,529.17
Expenses : Pipe and Miscellaneous Supplies $ 1,056.07
Labor and Digging
473.10
PINE RIDGE ROAD
Deposit
$
934.25
Expenses : Pipe and Miscellaneous Supplies $ 535.45
Labor and Digging
398.80
PLAIN ROAD - New School - 6" Pipe
Deposit
1,834.29 $
Expenses : Pipe and Miscellaneous Supplies $ 1,633.89
Labor and Digging
200.40
PLAIN ROAD - 10" Pipe
Appropriation from Surplus Revenue Expenses :
Pipe and Miscellaneous Supplies $ 2,902.45
Labor and Digging
597.55
Hervey J. Cote, Chairman Alfred T. Wark, Secretary Chester H. Cook BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
REPORT OF WATER SUPERINTENDENT
Gallons Pumped at Westford Station 11 11 11 Brookside 11
59,665,900
29,321,488
TOTAL GALLONS PUMPED
88,987,388
New Services Installed
53
Hydrants Installed
2
New Extensions :
Plain Road
650 Feet 10" Pipe
Plain Road - New School
565 11
6
11
Beaver Brook Road
382
11
8
11
Pine Ridge Road
306
11
6
11
Albert E. Mountain WATER SUPERINTENDENT
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3,500.00 $
REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
The Board of Public Welfare granted assistance on an average monthly caseload in 1959 as follows:
Old Age Assistance 59
Disability Assistance 12
Aid to Dependent Children 3
General Relief 4
The Medical Care Plan was revised in February 1959. Payment for all items of Medical Care for Public Assistance Recipients was changed back to the Vendor Payment Plan. Increases were made in various Medi- cal items, among them the Visiting Nurse rate.
The Departments of Public Welfare and Mental Health worked to- gether on a plan to assist persons ready for discharge from Mental Institutions and in need of financial assistance, to procure necessary funds more readily as soon after placement as possible.
On April 3, 1959, the last patient at the Westford Infirmary was transferred to the Tewksbury Hospital and the home was officially closed. The remaining cattle were disposed of in September. Until other arrangements are made, Mr. and Mrs. Rooks will remain at the home as Caretakers. It is hoped that in the spring the main house can be painted and necessary repairs made to part of the roof.
Samuel A. Richards Reginald Blowey William C. MacMillan BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
INFIRMARY CREDITS - 1959
Milk
$ 2,827.42
Eggs
725.00
Pigs
418.00
Board - Patients
735.00
Telephone
62.70
Eastern States Dividend
112.70
Manure
28.50
Tractor Work
50.00
Sale of Equipment
85.00
Sale of Cattle
2,525.00
Hay
150.00
N. E. Milk Producers Dividend
37.81
$ 7,757.13
Meals in Lockup
$ 7.50
to Transients
1.00
Inmates' Board - Local
345.00
$ 353.50
$ 8,110.63
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INFIRMARY DEBITS - 1959
Salaries - Superintendent and Matron 11 Employees
$ 1,903.92
135.00
Middlesex County Retirement System
60.00
Telephone
259.06
Gas/Electricity
383.28
Water
94.41
Repairs
20.25
Provisions
1,255.94
Gasoline/Oil
548.59
Grain/Feed/Hay
2,255.20
Slaughtering
8.30
Medical
39.75
Appraisers
70.00
Dry Goods/Clothing
8.25
Supplies/Parts
144.68
Fuel
926.10
Food Locker
11.54
Truck Insurance
123.89
Advertising
$ 6.75
$ 8,254.91
WESTFORD INFIRMARY APPRAISAL
STOCK AND FARM EQUIPMENT
Milk Room and Milking Equipment.
$ 250.00
Hay . .
180.00
1 Hay Fork, Hoist and Motor
150.00
Hay Loader.
40.00
Manure Spreader
275.00
1 Horse Hay Rake
20.00
1 Tow Horse Disc Harrow
5.00
1 Potato Digger
35.00
Wagon and Sled.
5.00
1 Tip Cart
5.00
Lumber
150.00
1 Drag - Steel Head.
10.00
1 Lime Spreader
50.00
1 Corn Planter.
10.00
1 Horse Cultivator
5.00
1 Hay Tedder
25.00
1 Tractor Harrow
175.00
1
Smoothing Harrow
3.00
1 Seed Sower and Weeder
5.00
2 One Horse Cultivators
5.00
2 Walking Plows
5.00
1
Two Horse Hoe
5.00
1 Ford Tractor.
750.00
1
Tractor Plow. 11 Pulley
40.00
1 One Horse Corn Planter
1.50
1 Ensilage Cutter
100.00
1 Side Delivery Rake
125.00
1
$ 10.00
56
1 Motor Truck
$ 325.00
Grindstone, Motor and Scythe Grinder
30.00
Fence Post and Insulators
20.00
1 Electric Fence Unit
20.00
Chains.
20.00
Farm Tools
65.00
Block and Tackle.
10.00
1 Extension and 2 Step Ladders
10.00
1 Planet Junior Seeder
8.00
2 Cross - Cut Saws
1.50
Carpenter Tools
15.00
1 Electric Drill
35.00
3 Dusters.
30.00
Brooder Equipment
22.00
Blacksmith Tools
25.00
1 Saw Frame - Tractor
40.00
Corn Harvester
.
15.00
Garden Hose and Lawn Mower
20.00
Fire Hose and Nozzle
10.00
1 Gas Stove.
1.00
3 Chicken Crates
3.00
Wooden Tank.
5.00
20 Gallons Fuel Oil.
3.40
Milk Separator
1.00
3 Wheel Barrows
5.00
100 Gallons Gas
21.00
Coal
200.00
1 Two - Horse Mowing Machine
15.00
Wood
25.00
Laying Hens.
105.00
Kitchen Stove 1
5.00
Tractor Mower
$ 200.00
HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT
Superintendent's Furniture.
$ 125.00
Kitchen and Pantry.
850.00
Contents of Attic.
20.00
Canned Goods and Empty Jars
100.00
Provisions.
100.00
Dry Goods.
450.00
Inmate Furniture.
1,700.00
Inmate Dishes
$ 95.00
Albert H. Picking Edwin H. Gould Raymond S. Wilson INFIRMARY APPRAISERS
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REPORT OF THE WESTFORD BOARD OF HEALTH
The Board of Health organized in March with Dr. Dwight W. Cowles as Chairman.
Winfred E. Whitton and Albert G. Picking are to be commended for the excellent job they have done in bulldozing and caring for the Town Dump. The cost of taking care of the Dump continues to be our major expense .
The services of the Sanitation Officers of the Nashoba Associated Boards of Health were in great demand again this year due to the con- struction of many new homes in this area.
Mrs. Adele Darrah, Dental Hygienist on the Staff of the Nashoba Associated Boards of Health, gave Sodium Fluoride Treatments to chil- dren in Grades 2, 5 and 8.
Two Polio Clinics were held by Dr. Ralph E. Cole in June and July. A total of 399 Inoculations were given.
A Tuberculin Testing Program was conducted by Dr. Eleanor H. Smith, in October, for all 1st Grade children and any others who had moved to Westford this year.
We have found it necessary to hold extra Well Child Conferences this year. A total of 16 Clinics were conducted by Dr. Eleanor H. Smith and Dr. Mary Donald.
To avoid duplication we are omitting figures on all Nashoba spon- sored activities and are referring you to their report.
We would like to thank the members of the Westford Visiting Nurse Committee who assisted at the Well Child Conferences and also the fol- lowing women who so generously volunteered their services at the Dental, Polio and Tuberculin Testing Programs: Mrs. Richard W. Hall, Mrs. Norman K. Nesmith, Mrs. Peter Perry, Miss Carol Brittain, Miss Linda Morrill, Miss Ann Mullin, Mrs. Russell Brown, Mrs. Anthony Sambito, Mrs. Herbert Farrier, Mrs. Sarah Bedell, Mrs. Saverio DiLorenzo, Mrs. Clifford Dunning, Mrs. Donald Ebbett, Mrs. Wallace MacQuarrie, Mrs. Ralph Tanasoca, Mrs. Leo Therrien and Mrs. Horace F. Wyman.
We were deeply shocked to hear of the death of our Chairman, Dr. Dwight W. Cowles, in May 1959. This was a great loss to the Board of Health as Dr. Cowles had been a member of this Board for a great many years and was very much interested in all Town affairs.
Ralph E. Cole, M. D. Edward T. Sullivan WESTFORD BOARD OF HEALTH
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BOARD OF HEALTH RECEIPTS
LICENSES :
Milk Dealers
$ 12.00
Oleomargarine
3.50
Camp
1.00
Manufacture of Ice Cream
10.00
Methyl Alcohol
5.00
Sewage Permits
390.00
State Subsidy on Tuberculosis Patients
$ 260.71
$ 582.21
BOARD OF HEALTH EXPENSES
ADMINISTRATION:
Miscellaneous
$ 111.37
Telephone
133.50
Ads and Legal Notices
5.25
TUBERCULOSIS :
Board and Treatment
911.17
DUMP :
Wages
547.50
Bulldozing and Clearing
1,449.50
Miscellaneous
402.46
Agent to remove dead animals
$
56.00
$ 3,616.75
BALANCE
$ 1,533.25
OTHER APPROPRIATIONS
Animal Inspector $ 200.00
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health
4,775.31
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Scales under 100 1bs
21
100 - 5,000 1bs
13
over 10,000 11
5
Gasoline Meters
26
George S. Wilder SEALER
59
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Cows - 2 years and older
291
Heifers - 1 year to 2 years
30
11
- under 1 year.
42
Bulls
5
Steers
4
Goats
6
Sheep
15
Swine
1400
Horses
28
Dog Bites
40
Kenneth A. Wilson INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
REPORT OF DOG OFFICER
Complaints answered
144
Dogs picked up
40
turned over to County
25
destroyed.
23
11 struck by cars
17
Found home for
1
Returned to owners
8
Dog Bites investigated.
12
Filed with County Commissioners
for Livestock Damage 1
William C. MacMillan DOG OFFICER
60
NASHOBA ASSOCIATED BOARDS OF HEALTH
Submitted herewith is my annual report of the activities of the Nashoba Health Unit during 1959. The year has indeed been a busy one and all departments have felt the increased work load.
One of the major accomplishments of the year consisted of the re- moval of our Laboratory from rented quarters in the Community Memorial Hospital of Ayer, to our own Health Center Building. The relatively small cost of affecting this change, which makes for improved co-ordi- nation and administration will soon be offset by rental savings. We are also pleased to announce that our new Bacteriologist, Mr. John Pizzolante, has become head of the Department of the Laboratory and a new member of the Administrative Staff. The rest of the professional staff remains unchanged.
We are ever mindful of providing true health dollar value in our budgetary expenditures. For the sum of $4,775.31 at the rate of $.97 per person your Town participated in the following Programs and Services :
SANITATION SERVICES
The following statistics indicate the services performed for your Town in 1959. Considering our limited personnel we feel that services rendered pertaining to Sewage Disposal, Nuisance Abatements, School Building Maintenance, Bathing Beach Sanitation and Housing Problems have been satisfactory. It is our desire to improve the control of sanitary conditions in eating establishments and milk distribution plants. We are attempting to obtain a third full time Inspector for this work.
Pollution of natural streams and bodies of water is a problem which our Towns are all trying to solve. More work on this is urgent- ly needed. The following Sanitation Services were provided for West- ford:
Milk Samples Collected 69
Restaurants Inspected.
12
Kindergartens
1
Nursing Homes. 2
Services to Schools
1
Private Water Supplies Inspected
44
Bathing Beaches Inspected. 18
Recreational Camps. 2
Services regarding private sewage disposal.
96
nuisances
6
Sewage disposal permits issued
66
Licenses issued.
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